Measuring functioning and disability using household surveys: metric properties of the brief version of the WHO and World Bank model disability survey

• Main Authors: Carla Sabariego (Author), Carolina Fellinghauer (Author), Lindsay Lee (Author), Aleksandra Posarac (Author), Jerome Bickenbach (Author), Nenad Kostanjsek (Author), Somnath Chatterji (Author), Kaloyan Kamenov (Author), Alarcos Cieza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Model Disability Survey (MDS) is the current standard recommended by WHO to collect functioning and disability data. Answering calls from countries requesting a version to be implemented as a module that could be integrated into existing surveys and be used for monitoring dis...